Am I missing something?

cisko213
cisko213 Posts: 10 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I see people's diaries and they are eating crap. Hot dogs and Wendy sandwiches. Fries. Cookies. But still coming under their calorie intake. I thought the point of this website was to be healthy??
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  • jennagoogles13
    jennagoogles13 Posts: 266
    I mean, when it comes down to it, at least they're logging honestly, right? To each their own. We're all here for different reasons, so let's just be supportive of one another:)
  • misskate1987
    misskate1987 Posts: 54
    Everybody's going to eat differently. Perhaps the days you looked at were treat days. (Maybe they weren't). Maybe they were people just starting out who are simply getting used to what's in the food they eat. Maybe they were people who've been here for ages who have learned that yes, you can have your cake and eat it too.

    All you should be worrying about is what you eat, and your numbers, and making this site work for you.
  • cisko213
    cisko213 Posts: 10 Member
    True , I stand corrected. I guess for my motivation I want to see some awesome healthy food consumption going on. I am also new to this site and eating healthy so I hope to motivate as well.
  • genofreek
    genofreek Posts: 75
    You'll occasionally find crap in my diary. Ice cream bars, the odd Jack in the Box, Mexican takeout. I don't know what everyone else is doing, but I'm new to this and need to ease into it. If I went cold turkey off every unhealthy thing I love, I'll do nothing but think about those foods and crave them. Eventually, I'll be right back to eating poorly because as much as I want to be healthy, the temporary happiness of curly fries and pizza will win in the end.

    But if I let myself have something unhealthy but good now and then as long as it fits into my daily intake, I can do this indefinitely. Eventually I plan to cut the junk, minus the few things I really love and will just take in moderation (ahem, Mexican takeout).

    And, like Jenna said, at least they're logging honestly and taking responsibility for their food! Plenty of people are too ashamed to log it when they've eaten junk.
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    This is why I keep my diary closed, so much judgement. You don't know the person's circumstances. We're all here for different personal reasons and have different goals.

    MFP is designed as a calorie counter. It doesn't tell you what to eat, just how much.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    You don't have to eat nothing but carrot sticks and egg whites in order to lose weight. A susatainable diet is one in which you don't feel deprived. It's good to eat healthy, but let's not be judgmental of those who do things differently than ourselves.
  • sexymuffintop
    sexymuffintop Posts: 636
    You should also bare in mind that not everyone on the site is necessarily using it for weight loss. People use it for all different reasons.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    I'm an IIFYM girl (shrug)
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Hitting your macros and calorie goals IS eating healthy. Individual food choices are irrelevant. If I can hit my goals eating home made food or Wendy's food, there's no difference from a health perspective.
  • cisko213
    cisko213 Posts: 10 Member
    If your losing weight and feeling better. That's what were sharing. That it's possible with food right. That's why I would think you would share. I mean I guess as for me. I want somebody to tell me your eating the wrong crap. That's why your not dropping weight.
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    I'm guessing that these people subscribe to the simple calories in < calories out approach and not watching macros too closely. I find even on an IIFYM approach you have to eat healthy a large proportion of the time if you want to hit your macro and calorie goal
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    This site is a great place to log your food. Nowhere does it say what sort of food that should be - thats individual choice.
  • DPernet
    DPernet Posts: 481 Member
    One of these days I aim to hit my targets with just Booze and Chocolates :drinker:
  • KeepCalmNGetyaSweatOn
    KeepCalmNGetyaSweatOn Posts: 361 Member
    I too am a IIFYM girl. As Gmallan said, I do have to eat 90% clean the whole day but I can allow myself one treat, but that is if I can afford it in my allowance. Using this approach I have been losing weight and gaining muscle steadily. To each their own I guess.
  • ZealousMissJJ
    ZealousMissJJ Posts: 454 Member
    This is why I keep my diary closed, so much judgement. You don't know the person's circumstances.

    I had 5 donuts (yes, 5!!) yesterday and I didn't stop there. Why? Cause I was having a bad day and I eat when I'm emotional or stressed. That's why I'm on MFP in the first place. Today I'm back to eating healthy.

    Don't worry about other peoples diary and focus on your own. If you want to see healthy diaries, search the threads for people who eat healthy with open diaries!
  • El_Cunado
    El_Cunado Posts: 359 Member
    This site is a great place to log your food. Nowhere does it say what sort of food that should be - thats individual choice.
    :drinker:
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    Hitting your macros and calorie goals IS eating healthy. Individual food choices are irrelevant. If I can hit my goals eating home made food or Wendy's food, there's no difference from a health perspective.

    QFT

    I don't consider any food bad, if it fits my caloric intake and I have hit my macro's for the day then any food is fair game....
  • iwillbetinytea
    iwillbetinytea Posts: 264 Member
    One of these days I aim to hit my targets with just Booze and Chocolates :drinker:

    LMAOOOO
  • BreakingOath
    BreakingOath Posts: 193 Member
    Don't look at my diary today. I had firehouse subs TWICE with a medium fanta zero. Omg the aspartame! Then I had more aspartame and popcorn With butter at a movie. I'm going to diiieee!
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Choice my friend, its what makes life grand.

    If you want to be inspired by people who eat clean, healthy etc I recommend you put that in your profile and add friends who are like minded.
  • EDesq
    EDesq Posts: 1,527 Member
    I see people's diaries and they are eating crap. Hot dogs and Wendy sandwiches. Fries. Cookies. But still coming under their calorie intake. I thought the point of this website was to be healthy??


    NOPE! The point of the Website is to make money and attract enough people who find the site useful in fulfilling THEIR personal goals to make that happen. The originator began with a concept in mind that helped him lose weight and/or get healthy. But no one starts a venture like this without the bottom line in mind.

    BTW, some people's idea of healthy is losing weight (calories in - out, healthy food makes no difference to them) or even having a good physique...I have learned that you can not judge a book by it's cover. There are some VERY Un-Healthy stuff brewing under those good looking exteriors and time will be the judge of it. 5/10/15/20 yrs from now when the joint problems from all the crazy exercise routines and running, cancers from all the heavy meat and protein eating, and ailments from all the other crazy diets start rolling in, people will say, "But I'm skinny or my bmi is right..."
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    I miss being fatter. I could be at a higher deficit and eat giant meal a day. now the leaner I am, it is much less forgiving
  • ZealousMissJJ
    ZealousMissJJ Posts: 454 Member
    There are some VERY Un-Healthy stuff brewing under those good looking exteriors and time will be the judge of it. 5/10/15/20 yrs from now when the joint problems from all the crazy exercise routines and running, cancers from all the heavy meat and protein eating, and ailments from all the other crazy diets start rolling in, people will say, "But I'm skinny or my bmi is right..."

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  • kellehbeans
    kellehbeans Posts: 838 Member
    I eat generally quite healthy, but there is day where I do a lot of exercise and just need to fill my calories in - this is where Pop tarts and ice cream come in, protein bars, doughnuts, silly portions of nuts, peanut butter and cookies etc etc.
  • EDesq
    EDesq Posts: 1,527 Member
    Hitting your macros and calorie goals IS eating healthy. Individual food choices are irrelevant. If I can hit my goals eating home made food or Wendy's food, there's no difference from a health perspective.


    THIS statement alone shows the Ignorance about Nutrition. There is an assumption that "Macros" actually matter. What matters most are the MicroNutrients and Phytochems, and they are no where to be found here. Like as if there is such a real bodily need for something loosely named "protein".
  • verndroid
    verndroid Posts: 2
    Actually .. Eating overly healthy can be detrimental to what you want to accomplish. Personally I have never gotten used to the idea of eating like a rabbit. I hate salad and all that jazz. If I couldn't indulge myself from time to time by saving calories for a beer or a piece of chocolate (or both) I would very quickly get sick and tired of it all and drop out of my diet.

    I re-started about 2 weeks ago on tracking calories and have been loosing close to 2 kgs so far. So a bit more than my set goal of 750g a week. I eat salad. Yes. But not much and I never track it. I know it contains a bit of calories but I have chosen to not bother tracking it at all. Carrots, cucumber and salad don't really matter much in the grand scheme of calorie intake in my world. :)

    My biggest hurdle is motivation to actually continue running 3 to 4 times a week and getting my stamina back to an acceptable level.
  • LaserMum
    LaserMum Posts: 133
    My daughter is an athlete who competes at international level and she uses MFP to log exercise and diet to make sure that she's eating enough. She can expend over 6000 calories a day when she's competing. She needs to put ON a bit weight so while that is the case she makes sure that she's eating a bit above her TDEE. When she's competing she'll eat loads of carbs - fast release during the day (what we might think of as crap - Haribo Tangfastics are a favourite) to keep her energy up and then slow release at night (eg: pasta, potatoes, etc.) to replenish her energy stores for the next day. When she's training she eats more protein to build muscles, so lots of chicken, beef, etc.

    I have diabetes so I low carb all the time and try to eat 20% below TDEE as I need to lose weight (a lot of it!). I still try to have a treat most days.

    Neither of our diets are "normal" but they suit our needs.

    It's each to his own I guess.

    Good luck on your journey.
  • maheenkqm
    maheenkqm Posts: 11
    I dont think Wendys and stuff is healthy, and just because you made the calories doesn't mean youre going to loose weight..you could be starving your body of nutrients that wendys simply does not provide..But again it could be a cheat day or whatever.
    I do that too..I LOVE WENDYS =(
    Its a weakness=(

    However I still eat chocolates and candy as long as I stay in my 1300 calorie limit im good..

    I also use MFP to understand how calories work, and how easy it is to rack up
    its important for me because it helps me with my food choices.

    Also it gives me an answer when i step on the scale and Im all WTF HOW THE **** DID I GAIN WEIGHT...Then im like ohhhhhh yeee...DAMN IT lol
  • axialmeow
    axialmeow Posts: 382 Member
    I will eat what I want. But thanks
  • maheenkqm
    maheenkqm Posts: 11
    Actually .. Eating overly healthy can be detrimental to what you want to accomplish. Personally I have never gotten used to the idea of eating like a rabbit. I hate salad and all that jazz. If I couldn't indulge myself from time to time by saving calories for a beer or a piece of chocolate (or both) I would very quickly get sick and tired of it all and drop out of my diet.

    I re-started about 2 weeks ago on tracking calories and have been loosing close to 2 kgs so far. So a bit more than my set goal of 750g a week. I eat salad. Yes. But not much and I never track it. I know it contains a bit of calories but I have chosen to not bother tracking it at all. Carrots, cucumber and salad don't really matter much in the grand scheme of calorie intake in my world. :)

    My biggest hurdle is motivation to actually continue running 3 to 4 times a week and getting my stamina back to an acceptable level.

    Yeah I gave up SOOOOOO fast when I was on my Strict diet..i let myself have fun and eat a few junk here and there and i actually enjoy it.

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